Dan Leno
British music hall singer and comedian (1860-1904) · Comedians · Died at 43
George Wild Galvin, better known by the stage name Dan Leno, was a leading English music hall comedian and musical theatre actor during the late Victorian era.
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Dan Leno in the 1880s
Leno (top) and Johnny Danvers c. 1898, with Drury Lane co-star Herbert Campbell (bottom)
"The Railway Guard", 1890
"the Shopwalker", 1891
Augustus Harris
Harry Nicholls and Herbert Campbell, Leno's co-stars in many pantomimes
As Sister Anne in Bluebeard, 1901
Dan Leno's Comic Journal, Issue No. 1, 26 February 1898About this person
He was best known, aside from his music hall act, for his dame roles in the annual pantomimes that were popular at London's Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, from 1888 to 1904.
Category
Comedians
Type
Comedian
Status
Deceased
Dates
Lived 1860 to 1904 · aged 43
